Home sweet home would've been nice, but the start of the Rex Ryan and Mark Sanchez eras of Jets football could have found a less picturesque road venue for their debuts than Reliant Stadium, which rises up from the flat surrounding sprawl of southwestern Houston.

It is warm and humid in the area today, but in keeping with the Texans' "50-80" rule, the Reliant roof is closed for temps of higher th… More

The ball is still in Chad Pennington's court with Kellen Clemens still out from his first-quarter rib injury. That injury was administered by Richard Seymour, and the Patriots' DE hurts the Jets again, mentally, by swatting down Pennington's third-down pass for Jerricho Cotchery. Ben Graham's punt with the wind is a good one, with Wes Welker fair-catching at his 9.

Then comes another Jets break. … More

We're off and running. Mike Nugent kicks off, puts the ball over the goal line, and this time Ellis Hobbs doesn't go 100-plus yards the other way. He gets the ball to the Patriots 26.

On third down, a variation of the "cloud" alignment with only Dewayne Robertson down, four other "LBs" standing up. Tom Brady still completes a short pass to Wes Welker, who squeezes through for a first down.

The … More